During Ramadan, Israeli settlers have intensified their attacks in the West Bank. On Tuesday evening, they launched a violent assault on the village of Susya, located in the Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron. This attack resulted in the burning of Palestinian homes and vehicles, injuring several residents in the process.
These assaults coincided with widespread aggression against shepherds in southern West Bank and confrontations with youths defending against settler incursions in Nablus.According to the legal organization Al-Baydar, the settlers set ablaze five homes and multiple vehicles belonging to Palestinian citizens, causing significant material damage and instilling fear among the residents, particularly women and children.
The official Palestinian news agency (Wafa) and local sources reported that during this attack, settlers deliberately fired tear gas into homes, leading to the poisoning and respiratory distress of four Palestinians.Palestinian news outlets have released video footage from security cameras documenting the settlers’ assault on the village and the destruction of property. Additionally, the Israeli regime’s media outlet shared similar images of masked individuals setting fire to Palestinian homes and vehicles in the village.The intimidation of shepherds and road blockades were not limited to Susya extending to vast areas of Hebron province. The Palestinian Information Center reported that settlers pursued and harassed the shepherds of the Al-Naim family in the Khirbet Aquawis area of Masafer Yatta.
Settlers also released their livestock around the homes of citizens in several villages including Khirbet al-Halawah Khirbet al-Markaz and Al-Mashhad and launched assaults on numerous residences. In the Wadi Sa’ir area north of Hebron armed settlers gathered near the settlement of Asfar and obstructed access for Palestinians to the main road.
